Jeanette Winter

Winter, Jeanette. (2003). Beatrix : various episodes from the life of Beatrix Potter. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux. 823 W74b

This simple biography of Beatrix Potter, best known for writing The tale of Peter Rabbit, includes excerpts from her published letters and journals and reveals why she drew and wrote about animals.

Winter, Jeanette. (2004). Elsina's clouds. New York : Frances Foster Books. PRIM-FIC W7854el

In South Africa, a Basotho girl paints designs on her house as a prayer to the ancestors for rain.

Winter, Jeanette. (2002). Emily Dickinson’s letters to the world. New York : Frances Foster Books. 811 W785e 

A brief description of the life of Emily Dickinson and a selection of her poems.

Winter, Jeanette. (1988). Follow the drinking gourd. New York : Knopf. PRIM-FIC W785fo

By following the directions in the song "The Drinking Gourd" taught to them by an old sailor named Peg Leg Joe, runaway slaves journey north along the Underground Railroad to freedom in Canada.

Winter, Jeanette. (2005). The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq. (Illustrated by Jeanette Winter). Orlando : Harcourt, Inc. 020 W785L

True story of a librarian’s struggle to save her community’s collection of books in war-stricken Iraq.

Winter, Jeanette. (2006). Mama : a true story in which a baby hippo loses his mama during a tsunami, but finds a new home and a new mama. Orlando : Harcourt. 599.63 W785m

When the tsunami struck on December 26, 2004, a herd of hippos was swept out to sea and an infant hippo was separated from his mother. He was rescued and taken to a park where he headed for a 130-year-old male giant tortoise, which eventually took on the role of "Mama" for the orphan.

Winter, Jeanette. (1998). My name is Georgia : a portrait. San Diego : Silver Whistle/Harcourt Brace. 921 O414W

Presents, in brief text and illustrations, the life of the painter who drew much of her inspiration from nature.

Winter, Jeanette. (1999). Sebastian : a book about Bach. San Diego : Harcourt Brace. 921 B118w

Describes how Johann Sebastian Bach survived the sorrows of his childhood and composed the music the world has come to love.

Winter, Jeanette. (2004). September roses. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux. PRIM-FIC W785se 

On September 11, 2001, two sisters from South Africa find a good use for the roses they have grown when the flower show in New York City is canceled due to the attack on the World Trade Center.

Winter, Jeanette. (2008). Wangari’s trees of peace : a true story from Africa. Orlando [Fla.] : Harcourt. 333.72 W785w 

This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how one woman’s passion, vision, and determination inspired great change.

Illustrator

Paul, Ann Whitford. (1991). Eight hands round : a patchwork alphabet. (Illustrated by Jeanette Winter). New York : Harper Collins. 746.9 P324e

Introduces the letters of the alphabet with names of early American patchwork quilt patterns and explains the origins of the designs by describing the activity or occupation they derive from.

Illustrator Information

Jeanette Winter Tells True Stories for Young Children  by Virinia Johnson, CRRL staff in KidsPoint.

Who Wrote That? Featuring Jeanette Winter published in California Kid!, October 2008 by Patricia M. Newman

Jeanette Winter. Information from Answers.com